16 Nov 2015  VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Providing education is an essential part of helping young refugees discover their true calling in life and develop their full potential, Pope Francis said. Read more...

13 Nov 2015  MONTREAL (CNS) — For two major Catholic agencies based in Canada, the Liberal government’s decision to stop airstrikes against Islamic State positions in the Middle East begs the question: How must Canada act in that region? Read more...

13 Nov 2015  BEIRUT (CNS) — When a man dressed head-to-toe in black entered the room where Father Jacques Mourad was being held by the Islamic State, the Syriac Catholic priest thought his time to become a martyr had come. Read more...

12 Nov 2015  WASHINGTON (CNS) — “Time is of the essence” to get humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine as winter sets in, a group of Ukrainian religious leaders said in a 9 November appeal to President Barack Obama. Read more...

12 Nov 2015  BRONX, N.Y. (CNS) — Despite its brevity, “Nostra Aetate” marks a starting point for dialogue among Christians, Muslims and Jews that must be continued into the future, according to speakers at Jesuit-run Fordham University. Read more...

11 Nov 2015  MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — The patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church has called upon Iraq’s president to veto a law that will force some Christian children to convert to Islam. Read more...